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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.

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I. Superiority
II. Foremost position

• pre-eminence:

I. Superiority: excellentia, praestantia: v. superiority.
II. Foremost position: princĭpātus, ūs: the sun holds p. among the heavenly bodies, sol astrorum p. obtinet, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, init. More fully, dignitatis principatus, id. Off. 2, 19, 66. Phr.: to enjoy the p. over all, eminere inter omnes, id. Or. 29, ad fin. See also precedence.